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Irish
Etymology
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Noun
saingeal m (genitive singular saingil, nominative plural saingil)
- (architecture, Christianity) chancel
- Synonyms: córlann, preispitéir
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| saingeal
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shaingeal
after an, tsaingeal
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saingeal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saingeal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “saingeal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024